Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
SENECA THE YOUNGERWatch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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After death there is nothing.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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If you judge, investigate.
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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